Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
The 82-year-old issued a statement Thursday on Instagram announcing the news.
“I am planning to maintain as many of my professional commitments as my health permits,” he wrote. “As ever, I consider the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra my most important responsibility. It is essential for me to ensure the orchestra’s long-term stability and development. I will continue to conduct the Divan whenever my health allows me to. At the same time, I will take an active role in ensuring that the Divan has the opportunity of working with excellent conductors going forward. I have been navigating this new reality of mine and my focus is on receiving the best available care.”
The Argentine-Israeli classical pianist founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra with Palestinian academic Edward Said in 1999 to promote understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
Barenboim has appeared more frail since 2022, canceling scheduled performances that included a new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Berlin.
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in 2006 during his final appearance as music director of the company at Symphony Center.
A child prodigy pianist who made his Carnegie Hall debut at 1957 at age 14, Barenboim has also served as chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris (1975–1989) and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1991–2006) and Milan’s Teatro alla Scala (2011–2014), and general music director of the Berlin State Opera (1992-2023).
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